Question regarding sliding mechanism

greyserendipity · #1 (**permalink**) 10-14-2007, 06:15 PM

Greetings! This is my first post on this forum (it's awfully nice, btw).
I'm currently using a Q and a BB 8830, and in the motions of obtaining a (Alltel) 6800 due to it's process. pwr. I've used the search function but have not found the answer to this question:
Is the slide going to become sloppy should the unit be subjected to several open/close motions a day?
I know it's been designed to be in use, but this is my only worry.

**JackSchitt28** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-14-2007, 06:21 PM

it feels very solid. have you ever messed with the PPC 6700? the slide on the 6800 feels better to me. and it is spring loaded. it is nice.

greyserendipity · #3 (**permalink**) 10-14-2007, 11:18 PM

thanks! it does indeed feel solid. Now i just have to wait for the last bit of company cash to buy the little bugger.

ls3mach · #4 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 11:23 AM

I open my a few hundred times a day. Seems good so far, but what do I know, I am only in my first week. My 6700(s) never had a slide issue. Other issues commonly arose though.

Seperate note, my "record" button is depressed. It is as though the case flexed. I am going to disassemble it and correct the issue.

Firon · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 01:23 PM

I open and close mine all the time (and not very gently). Seems to be fine now, but I've only had it for two months.

**Big D5** · #6 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 01:58 PM

I have had mine since about 2 weeks after they first came out, open and close the thing like a nervous tick all day long, still feels and operates like it did when it was new.